[People who repeatedly watch the same drama are not lazy, they actually have high emotional intelligence.]
If you often rewatch your favorite drama, science suggests you are highly likely to be a person with 'high emotional intelligence.'
According to psychologists, rewatching familiar stories isn’t just because of a habit. It's an unconscious strategy to manage emotions safely. The predictable plot development and familiar characters provide a sense of stability to the brain, relieve stress, and help restore mood.
In other words, even if you’ve rewatched 'Reply 1988,' 'Mr. Sunshine,' or 'Hospital Playlist' countless times, it’s fine. It is the way your brain comforts itself amid the chaos of real life. It acts as a kind of self-therapy that helps emotional recovery.
-Does the genre not matter?
-Only dramas, not books?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I just rewatch because I forget the plot, though.
-I’ve watched Coffee Prince and Goblin so many times, I memorize the dialogues.
-Oh, I also rewatch my favorite movies and dramas dozens of times. I think that explanation makes sense. It’s really comfortingㅋㅋㅋ
-Good for you guys. I can never rewatch something I’ve already seenㅠ
-I'm the type to read books and comics or watch dramas and animes 50 times if I like it.
-Wow, I really do rewatch for emotional stabilityㅜ
-I’m super sensitive, so I only watch things I’ve already seen. This is comfortingㅠ
-I only rewatch really good ones once every few years. This makes me wonder how high my emotional intelligence is.
-I really love rewatching things. It's partly because it's comfortable, but also because it's fun to discover new details and emotions each time.
-Sometimes I search for old dramas and rewatch them, and it feels so good every timeㅎㅎ
-I’ve watched 'Reply 1988' at least five times… and I don’t even like watching dramas that much.
-I play Goblin all the time so my family yells at meㅋㅋㅋ
-I think I've rewatched my favorite drama more than 10 times.
